Blessed Be the Hoochmaker! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe have reached the halfway point of 52, and take a moment to recap every major storyline in the series so far, as well as inventing new games to test each other based on both obscure trivia and romantic shipping possibilities. If you’d like to start listening, this is a great place to jump in!

SHOW NOTES:

52
Geoff Johns
Grant Morrison
Greg Rucka
Mark Waid
Keith Giffen
Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer
Saturday Night (2024)
Jason Reitman
Juno (2005)
Diablo Cody
Young Adult (2011)
Zack Snyder
Sucker Punch (2011)
Kendall Roy
“Weird Al” Yankovic
Dragon Ball Z
Goku
Vegeta

1. Let’s Talk About What Led Up to 52 (06:31)

Sue Dibny
Identity Crisis
Batman
Justice League
Brother Eye
Maxwell Lord
Justice League International
Superman
Blue Beetle
Wonder Woman
Infinite Crisis
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Robin
Themyscira
Justice League Unlimited
Bruce Timm
Paul Dini
Lost
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
The Sopranos
The Shield
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Doctor DC Podcast

2. What’s going on with Ralph Dibny? (16:30)

Ralph Dibny
Cassie Sandsmark
Young Justice
Teen Titans
Superboy
Lex Luthor
Smallville
Green Arrow
Black Canary
Dev-Em
Booster Gold
Starman
Detective Chimp
Doctor Fate
Eclipso
Spectre
Day of Vengeance
Jean Loring
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Denji
Chainsaw Man
Tom Taylor
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Nightwing
Bocchi the Rock!
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
Damian Wayne
Tim Drake
Naruto: Shippuden
Jason Todd
Dick Grayson
Joker

3. What’s going on with the space heroes? (24:21)

Animal Man
Starfire
Adam Strange
Devilance
Lobo
New Teen Titans
Terra
Green Lantern Corps
New Gods
Omega Men

4. What’s going on with Black Adam? (27:44)

The Rock
Black Adam
Captain Marvel
Kahndaq
Terra-Man
Great Ten
Doctor Manhattan
Intergang
Zachary Levi
Shazam! (2019)
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
Chris Pratt
Mel Gibson
Isis
Victor Sage
Renee Montoya
Osiris
Doctor Sivana